Event #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-13-2022 20:47 UTC-7

Two in a Row For Kruse

David Salituro

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Neymar created a buzz when he made an appearance in an event yesterday, but he's not the only European soccer star making an impact on the WSOP.

German national team member Max Kruse just took down two consecutive pots, one of them at the hands of Yuval Bronshtein, a former champion of this event.

Kruse raised to 1,700 and both Bronshtein on the button and the big blind called. Kruse stood pat, Bronshtein took one, and the big blind took two.

Kruse bet out again and elicited two quick folds, the big blind showing 7-6 with an ace. Kruse flashed 8-4 and took the pot with a wide smile on his face.

The next hand, Kruse raised again to 1,700 and got a call from the player in the big blind. He took one and bet out 2,700, and once again his opponent quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Kruse	40,000 20,000	20,000

Yuval Bronshtein	30,500

Tags: Yuval Bronshtein Max Kruse

06-13-2022 20:58 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	91,000 29,300	29,300
Barry Greenstein	85,500 42,200	42,200

Frank Kassela	46,300 -2,200	-2,200

Andrew Lichtenberger	43,000 19,500	19,500

Jordan Siegel	37,500 19,800	19,800
Benny Glaser	36,000 14,000	14,000

Yueqi Zhu	32,000 6,800	6,800

Victor Ramdin	23,500 17,500	17,500
Jake Schwartz	23,000 -29,000	-29,000
Mike Watson	22,500 8,000	8,000
Jeffrey Lisandro	14,400

Kevin Gerhart	14,000 -10,800	-10,800

Yanni Raz	14,000 -6,500	-6,500
Nick Schulman	10,500

Bryan Pimlott	7,100 -7,900	-7,900

06-13-2022 20:59 UTC-7

Kalas' Tank-Call Goes Wrong

David Salituro

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Heads-up after the draw, Kane Kalas put out a bet of 6,400 before Preston McEwen, in the big blind, re-raised enough to put Kalas all in.

Kalas had around 10,000 left and went into the tank for several minutes, re-checking his cards a few times before sticking in a stack of his chips.

He showed a ten-six, but McEwen had woken up with eight-five to bust the poker pro-crooner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	85,000 57,000	57,000
Kane Kalas	Busted

Tags: Kane Kalas Preston McEwen

06-13-2022 21:12 UTC-7

Another Round of Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Po	46,000
Ryan Leng	43,000

Brian Hastings	36,200 -3,600	-3,600

Abdel Hamid	35,500 10,300	10,300
Stephen Moreschi	34,000 5,600	5,600
Nate Silver	25,000
Matt Vengrin	25,000
Steve Zolotow	20,400

Felipe Ramos	19,800 -19,700	-19,700

06-13-2022 21:12 UTC-7

Erdman Halts Shack-Harris' Momentum

David Salituro

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 2,000 and received calls from Travis Erdman and Oscar Johansson in the blinds. All three players took one.

Erdman opened the betting after the draw, putting out 6,000. Johansson quickly mucked, but Shack-Harris studied the decision for a moment before also sliding his cards back to the dealer.

Despite being forced to give up that pot, Shack-Harris is still sitting on a massive stack and contending for the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	120,000 30,000	30,000

Travis Erdman	48,000
Oscar Johansson	40,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Oscar Johansson Travis Erdman

06-13-2022 21:25 UTC-7

Leng Shoves Out Depaulo

David Salituro

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

A player under the gun raised to 2,500 and Ryan Depaulo called. From the button, Ryan Leng three-bet to 12,500.

The original raiser folded but Depaulo stuck around, both players standing pat. Depaulo checked over to Leng, who announced all in.

Depaulo, with around 12,000 left, went into the tank for several moments. "I don't even know what I'm thinking through," he said before mucking.

"Half my stack gone in two hands. Time to nit it up," Depaulo added after the hand.

FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver has also taken his seat at this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	75,000 32,000	32,000

Nate Silver	35,000 10,000	10,000
Ryan Depaulo	12,000

Tags: Ryan Leng Ryan Depaulo Nate Silver

06-13-2022 21:30 UTC-7

Brunson Inciner-EIGHT-ing Faces

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Earier in the day, Todd Brunson tweeted about a hand where he eliminated a player and "incinerated his face" in the process...

Another kid went pat and fired out after I took one with a 9. I felt bad about it since we was a nice kid, but I ha… https://t.co/LcSWu9AXHB
— Todd Brunson (@ToddBrunson)

The incinerations are continuing with another victim falling to a Brunson pat hand.

After Yanni Raz opened to 2,400 in early position a player in the hijack and a player in the cutoff both called.

Brunson then lit the incineration torch with a three-bet to 9,400.

Raz folded but the hijack then moved all in for 16,500.

The cutoff folded, then Brunson cranked the gas on his torch and called.

The hijack drew one and Brunson rolled over what a tablemate said was his sixth pat eight or better with .

The hijack could only make and his face along with his chip stack was incinerated as Brunson approaches the 100,000 chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	98,000 9,400	9,400

Yanni Raz	10,600 -3,400	-3,400

Tags: Todd Brunson Yanni Raz

06-13-2022 21:33 UTC-7

Vengrin Doubles Up Before Break

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Matt Vengrin just passed along a big hand from before the break that saw him enjoy a quick double-up to start his day.

After the player in the cutoff raised to 2,000, Vengrin three-bet to 8,000.

Action folded back to the cutoff who moved all in for Vengrin's 22,000 effective.

Vengrin made the call and after the cutoff instantly stood pat, Vengrin told PokerNews that he broke a rough ten.

The cutoff showed and Vengrin drew a four to make for the winner to boost his stack to double its starting size.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Vengrin	50,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Matt Vengrin

06-13-2022 21:34 UTC-7

Beginner's Luck Runs Out for Raz

David Salituro

Level 6 : 300/600, 900 ante

Yanni Raz had his last 6,000 in the middle before the draw and was up against Justin Geary.

Raz pushed two cards toward the dealer. "Are you drawing two," Geary asked.

"I have low cards. I don't know," Raz, who says he doesn't know how to play the game and only entered the tournament by accident, replied.

Geary showed J-10-9 while Raz had 5-3-2 awaiting his last two cards. He paired his three and was eliminated, his quick lesson in 2-7 Lowball coming to an end.